Cybersecurity Tips

We recently worked with a client to build a PCI compliance infrastructure in the cloud. Here are some key takeaways from that experience. Becoming PCI compliant is often perceived as a daunting task, as there are approximately 200 requirements that an organization needs to adhere to. However, just like Pareto’s 80-20 principle, here are some …

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Most of us who are working from home have a flat network that allows free co-mingling of malicious traffic with clean traffic. In the good old days when we used to commute to work, we would have noticed that payroll systems are isolated from user workstations that are isolated from production servers. The flat network …

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What is Zero Trust Network? Zero Trust is somewhat like navigating through a high-security airport where we scan our ticket and validate our identity at multiple points of entry. It is about implementing and monitoring user-access control at a granular level. Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) ensures that only authorized users can access specific applications …

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How to pass a #vendor#assessment test? During my time at #warnerbros, I reviewed the security controls of many businesses that wanted to do business with Warner. We’d have an elaborate security questionnaire that we’d send out to vendors to fill up and submit. Having reviewed countless of these questionnaires, I developed a process to help …

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With ransomware attacks and data breaches in the news on an almost daily basis, businesses in every sector are on high alert. Even small organizations are heavily dependent on technology for normal operations, and the prospect of losing access to their systems or having hackers steal sensitive information is frightening to conscientious business owners. Rightly …

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When men and women leave the armed services, their next career steps may not be immediately obvious to them. Despite the skills they gain in their time serving the nation, military veterans are 37% more likely to be underemployed than nonveterans, according to The New York Times [i]. Whether this is due to potential employers lacking the …

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The continual stream of bad news about costly data breaches and ransomware attacks throughout 2021 has businesses on high alert. From the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident early in the year to the Neiman Marcus data breach and GoDaddy hack more recently, the headlines have been full of evidence that cybersecurity should be at the top …

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During a customary search for vulnerable databases, the team at Comparitech discovered a vulnerable and unprotected MongoDB database belonging to FarFaira, a website designed to promote literacy for children as young as 2 years old. The information on this database includes user sign-in information, email addresses, and social media tokens. That’s why database security is …

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